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With his trademark happy hair and spirited band comes Dan Zanes in his first-ever DVD, a concert/video collection of sing along melodies blending rock, folk, and global rhythms into a homespun musical menagerie. Formerly with the Del Fuegos band and riding on the success of seven CDs, Zanes presents
All Around the Kitchen! featuring nine musical selections performed live in concert at New Yorks Knitting Factory. Whether familiar songs such as "Hokey Pokey" and "Polly Wolly Doodle," or lesser known numbers like "Malti," Zanes takes traditional music, winsomely turns it on its head, and adds such diverse instruments as accordion, banjo, upright bass, mandolin, and ukulele. On the programs alternative track, viewers can choose among a half dozen music videos pulsating with kids, street scenes, dancing, singing, and jubilant acoustics. There is "House Party Time," "All Around the Kitchen," and "Hello" as seen on
Noggin, as well as "Jump Up" and "Go Down Emmanuel Road" performed on
Sesame Street. Zanes soulful musicians, contagious enthusiasm, and all-inclusive approach to music make this a song-and-dance fest where everyone finds a voice. (All ages)
--Lynn Gibson
Product Description
The Show:
Wonder Wheel
Pay me My Money Down
Malti
Strike The Bell
Polly Wolly Doodle
Father Goose
Down In The Valley
Hokey Pokey
Sidewalks of New York
The Videos:
Jump Up
Hello
House Party Time
Go Down Emmanuel Road
All Around The Kitchen
Wanderin'